Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski (Polish pronunciation: ''Vrooblevski'', born 7 August 1933 in

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) – Polish

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doctor habilitatus (since 1971),

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of the Physics Department

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(1986–1989), Rector of the

(1989–1993), President of the Academic Council of the Institute for the History of Science, Polish Academy of Sciences. Member of the PAS (since 1976),

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(since 1983), Polish Physical Society and

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Scholarly activity

Andrzej Kajetan Wróblewski works at the Institute of Experimental Physics of the Physics Department,

. He specializes in elementary

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(

high energy physics Particle physics or high-energy physics is the study of fundamental particles and forces that constitute matter and radiation. The field also studies combinations of elementary particles up to the scale of protons and neutrons, while the stu ...

) i.e. Soft

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Physics (1990), New AMY and DELPHI multiplicity data and the

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(with co-authors; 1990), Genesis of the lognormal multiplicity distribution in the e² e²- collisions and other

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es (with co-authors; 1990), Mystery of the negative

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(with co-authors; 1987), Constraints on multiplicity distribution of

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pairs (1985). His books on the history of physics are mainly in Polish: Truth and Myths in Physics' (1982); History of Physics' (2007). He is also co-author (with J. A. Zakrzewski) of the Introduction to Physics' (vol. 1 1976, vol. 2, part 1-2 1989–1991).

Awards

* Marie Curie Award (1973) *

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of the

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(1980) * Honorary degree of the

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(1990) * Honorary degree of the

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(1992) * National Order of Merit, France (1994) * Commander's Cross with Star of the

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(1998) *

Marian Smoluchowski Medal The Marian Smoluchowski Medal is a Polish annual science award conferred by the Polish Physical Society (''Polskie Towarzystwo Fizyczne, PTF'') for contributions in the field of physics. Description The medal was established in 1965 and is the h ...

(1999) * Honorary degree of the

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(2011) * Honorary degree of the

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(2017)

External links

Institute for the History of Science PAS Official Site (English)

Institute of Experimental Physics Warsaw University Official Site (English)
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